Analysis of Spring
Michael Fairless 1869 (Rastrick, Brighouse,) – 1901 (Henfield,)
Hark how the merry daffodils,
Fling golden music to the hills!
And how the hills send echoing down,
Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown,
The murmurs of a thousand rills
That mock the song-birds' liquid trills!
The hedge released from Winter's frown
Shews jewelled branch and willow crown;
While all the earth with pleasure trills,
And 'dances with the daffodils.'
Out, out, ye flowers! Up and shout!
Staid Winter's passed and Spring's about
To lead your ranks in joyous rout;
To string the hawthorn's milky pearls,
And gild the grass with celandine;
To dress the catkins' tasselled curls,
To twist the tendrils of the vine.
She wakes the wind-flower from her sleep,
And lights the woods with April's moon;
The violets lift their heads to peep,
The daisies brave the sun at noon.
The gentle wind from out the west
Toys with the lilac pretty maids;
Ruffles the meadow's verdant-vest,
And rings the bluebells in the glades;
The ash-buds change their sombre suit,
The orchards blossom white and red -
Promise of Autumn's riper fruit,
When Spring's voluptuousness has fled.
Awake! awake, O throstle sweet!
And haste with all your choir to greet
This Queen who comes with wakening feet.
Persephone with grateful eyes
Salutes the Sun--'tis Paradise:
Then hastens down the dewy meads,
Past where the herd contented feeds,
Past where the furrows hide the grain,
For harvesting of sun and rain;
To where Demeter patient stands
With longing lips and outstretched hands,
Until the dawning of one face
Across the void of time and space
Shall bring again her day of grace.
Rejoice, O Earth! Rejoice and sing!
This is the promise of the Spring,
And this the world's remembering.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010 11010101 010111001 1111011 01010101 11011101 01011101 111011 11011101 0101010 11110101 11010101 11110101 1101101 0101110 1101011 1101101 110110101 01011101 010011111 01010111 01011101 1101101 1001101 0101001 0111111 01010101 1011011 11111 0101111 011111011 1111111 11101 0101110 11010101 11010101 1101101 11001101 11010101 11010011 01010111 01011101 11010111 01110101 11010101 01010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,640 |
Words | 286 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 11, 11, 14 |
Lines Amount | 46 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 331 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 25, 2023
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